CVE-2016-4417 (GCVE-0-2016-4417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-01 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:25
VLAI
Summary
Off-by-one error in epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_abis_oml.c in the GSM A-bis OML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-02-26 00:00
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